The Tofield Mercury July 14, 2021

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Your Independent Local Newspaper Established in 1918 VOLUME 103: ISSUE 46

WEDNESDAY, JULY 14, 2021

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MP DAMIEN KUREK MEETS WITH ERIN O’TOOLE.

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Tofield resident remembered in ‘The Freedom Swimmers’ MOUSH JOHN Editor

When Tony Chin started recording his mother Hanna’s life, it was only meant to capture her story and life events for his daughters to know her better, but soon it took a life of its own. “Initially I wrote the manuscript to record my mother’s life story about her escape from her home country for my daughters to know,” Chin said. “It was only supposed to stay in the family and never be published. But, as I progressed with the document, and hundreds of interviews later, I thought it might be good to reframe it into a book. “There was so much more to the story than what I initially knew that it deserved a full narration. It was only after I received the first few feedbacks from critics that

I was convinced her story needs to be heard. And that’s what they thought too!” Chin said that his grandfather nad father were operating a Chinese restaurant in Tofield, where The Guardian Pharmacy stands now. Once his parents got married, his mother joined his father from Hong Kong and that’s when their journey began

here in the community. “My mother always just told me to work hard and to always try; and that I should not waste the opportunity,” Chin recalled. “They sacrificed a lot to get to Canada and always asked my brother and I to do the things that they were never able to do and to live my life with focus.

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Editorial: Parliament Rising by MP Damien Kurek LEFT: Hanna (centre) seen here with her granddaugters, Alyssa and Chloe. RIGHT: Hanna (right) and Bill Chin on their wedding day. Bill’s dad opened the first Chinese restaurant in Tofield.

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